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Le ters Patent No. 86,250, dated Janna/ry 26, 1869.

IMPRO'V'ED WASHING-MACHINE'.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part 0f the53m6- To all whom it may concewt Be it kno`wn that I, J OHN Rrr GEN, ofSt. Louis, in the' county of St. Louis, and State of Missouri, haveinvented a new and improved lashing-Machine; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and

proved washing-machine, simple in construction, easily operated, andeffective in operation, which will do its work quickly and thoroughly,turning the clothes, pressing and rubbing them, and without the leastinjury even to the most delicate fabrics, and

It consists in imparting a rubbing as well as a pounding-motion t0 thedash-board, by means of a restingpoint or iulcrum between theacrank andboard, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

A is the box or tub of the machine, which is made rectangular' in form,is supported upon legs B, of such a length as to raise the tub to aconvenient height, and is provided with a close cover, C, to prevent thewater or suds from spattering ont, when the machine is heilig used. y

lo the inner surface of one end of the box Ais secured a stationaryrubbing-hoard, I), which may be grooved or perforated, or both, andagainst which the clothes are pressed and rubbed by the action of themovable rubbing-board E, which is made in two parts, e* and e2, whichare hinged to each other at their upper edges, and the lower parts ofwhich are kept apart by coiled springs, c", placed between them, asshown in iig. l.

This construction holds the lower part ot the part e forward, and, atthe same time, makes the said rubber elastic.

rlhc forward surface ofthe part e* is grooved or co1'- rugated, as shownin fig. 1.

The part e`,' of the rubbing-board E, near its upper edge, is rigidlyand securely attached to the forward ends of the two bars F, which passback through vertical slots in the rear end-board ofthe tub, or box A,and their rear ends are pivoted to the shaft G, where they are connectedtogether, and held in their proper relative positions by the bar orround, H, which also serves as a handle for operating the machine.

The shaft G, near its ends, is bent twice at right angles, to form adouble crank, and is pivoted to the outer ends of the bars l, the innerends of which are rigidly and securely attached to the end of the box A.

'lo each end ,of the shaft Gr is attached a balancewheel, J, to givesteadiness to the movement of the machine.

In the lower ends of the slots, in the end of the tub A in which thebars F Work, are placed frictionroll ers, K, to diminish the friction inoperating the said bars.

L are cups or spouts, attached to the outer side of the end of the boxA, at the lower end of the slots in said end, to receive any water orsuds that may spatter through said slots, and guide it back into thetub.

In using the machine, the clothes to be washed are placed in the spacebetween the stationary rubbingboard D and the movable ilexiblerubbing-beard E, and as the machine is operated, the peculiararrangement of the operating-parts of the said machine causes themovable rubber E to press and rub the clothes against the stationaryrubber D, and, at the same time, to turn or revolve the said clothes, solthat a new p'art of said clothes may be operated upon at each movementof the machine, each point of said movable rubber describing apear-shaped figure, as shown in dotted red lines in fig. 1.

I am aware that machines have been constructed wherein a yieldingpounder has been forced against the wash-board by means of a crank andshaft, and therefore l do not cla-ini these; but

The crank G and shaft F, when supported at the point K, and carrying thedasher E, substantially as and for the purpose described.

JOHN RIN GEN.

Witnesses:

OTHELLO O. H. WEIDNER, HENRY Rose.

